India again

Last 13 days I spent in India together with 15 of our sponsors and one more collegue from work. We reached Delhi on Saturday night 27th Jan and saw bit of Delhi, then moved to Agra, spent one night at Sheela Inn - everything is still the same there:same staff, same cook, same menu, same rooms:)The small boy from the small shop where I used to buy coca-cola and kitkat when the power went off 2,5 years back is still there and his english improved sooo much!!!Tuesday morning we went to see Taj Mahal and Agra Fort and afternoon we went to Fatephur Sikri and then back to Delhi. On Wednesday we flew to Goa and spent one afternoon on beach:) and Thursday we started our journey around the partner organisations we work with.

Lucka Loukotova joined our group in Goa and next five days she spent with us helping especially with translation when we had to split into more groups with different agenda and plus she helped sponsors to bargain:)

At each organisation we were welcomed with cultural programme prepared by children - dances, songs, etc.

Me with Jog Falls - i think the highest water falls in India:)

We saw lots of villages and spoke to them while sponsors were visiting the children who they support financialy. We also interacted with some villagers involved in self-help-groups known thanks to micro financing.

I got also my mehdi:)

Me in salwar kameez with my name written in Kannada:) = local language